Kåre
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kare"
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Kári, originally a byname from kárr (“curly-haired”). (Possibly akin to English Cory.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Kåre
- a male given name
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 076 males with the given name Kåre living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.